BREKKIE WRAP: While you were sleeping, US President Barack Obama said he had not yet made a decision on whether to strike Syria, as a US intelligence report said the regime's chemical weapons killed 1429 people, including 426 children.

Mr Obama said he had taken no "final decision" on striking Syria but that the world could not accept the gassing of women and children. Calling Syria's alleged use of chemical weapons a threat to US national security, Mr Obama said the response would be "narrow" and "limited" and would not involve "boots on the ground". His comments came after the release of a US intelligence report which blamed Syria's government for a chemical weapons attack with "high confidence". Here's what you need to know about that US intel report.

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